1) How Our Deficit Grew So Big Taxes cuts for the rich, two wars (paid for by selling U.S. debt to China and others), and a drug-company boondoggle for a bloated Medicare prescription drug plan—all voted for by a Republican … Continue reading →

Father Sol, Up Close & Personal Just after Earth Day, it’s useful to remember that Gaia has a partner infinitely more powerful and mysterious than she is. Check out the Solar Dynamics Observatory’s just released video of the sun flaring up, … Continue reading →